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CURTIS EDGAR COTHRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1947 – September 8, 1967
Service recordCurtis Edgar Cothran, of Avon Park, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Avon Park, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 34
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · September 8, 1967
- LEROY JUNIOR DRABYSergeant · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM KARL ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- RUSSELL G GARRISONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM KARL ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 34
From Avon Park
- ARCHIE SHERROD BOWENAirman Second Class · August 30, 1963
- EDWARD EUGENE CANNONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE GREENSergeant · October 13, 1967
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · May 18, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE BATTSCorporal · September 2, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · February 13, 1970
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · April 24, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.